Pocket lock for garments



Apr. 10, 1923. 1,451,196

J. C. BAHR POCKET LOCK FOR GAHMENTS Filed Aug. 8, 1921 Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

I rooKETtooK non GAnM Nrs.

Application f led August 8,1921. Serial No. 490,515.

To'all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that LVJOSEPH G. BAHR, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and

a resident of the city of St. Louis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inv a Pocket Lock for Garments, of which the following is a specification. I

.The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved protector "or. lock for garments or the like, which is made quickly attachable or detachable to any form of'garment pocket without'the aid of stitching.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved pocket lock; with means whereby the pocket can be opened or unlocked by the operator manipulating with onlv one hand. f (ither and further objects will appear in the specificationand be specifically pointed out in the appended claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention, and in which I Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of the inside of a pocket of a garment showing this improved lock applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken approximately on the line II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section similar to Fig. 2, but showing the pocket lock in unlocked position.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately on the line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the actuating part of'this improved lock.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the part or member which is co-operable with the part disclosed in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the insertable securing clamps.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings 1 designates a portion of the 4 garment. which is provided with a pocket 2 in its inner lining, said pocket being provided with the usual opening 3.

This improved pocket lock is comprised of a pair of co-operably related members 4 and 5, the member 4 adapted to be secured on the inside of the outer lining 6 of the garment by a securing clamp 7 in which the extending pointed legs 8 of said clamp are inserted in the outer lining 6, each being engaged within a respective recess 9 formed in the ends of the member 4, said legs 8 of said I clamp being bent,as disclosed in Fig. 4, so as to-firmly secure the member 4 to said outer lining 6. r ,7

The member 5 is seciiredto the inner lining 10 of the pocket Zby a securing clamp 11, said clamp llbeing of the same construc-. tion as the clamp 7 and provided with insertable legs 12, which are" crimped or bent after being inserted through the inner lining 10, as shown in Fig. 4, thelegs llwhen being inserted in the lining 10' being engaged in respective recesses 13, which are formed intheend of said Ine'mber5. The member 5 isprovided with, an inclined portion '14, adjacent its upperend, and which terminates into a longitudinally extending bead 15, the inclination of the portion 14 being towards the member4.

The member 4 is provided on its upper end with an overlapping depending portion 16, in which is formed a longitudinally extending seating portion 17, said overlapping portion 16 extending towards the member 5 when said members 4 and 5 are secured to the garment pocket, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, and formed in said overlapping portion are a pair of openings 18, each of said openings being for the upper extending end of a lever 19, each of said levers at their lower ends being pivotally secured at 20 to the lower end of the member 4. Each lever 19 is provided with a forcing or cam surface 21, said cam surfaces being formed on said levers adjacent their upper ends, and are for co-operation with the bead portion 15 of the member 5.

In the use of a pocket locking device of this improved character, the members 4 and 5 are secured to opposing sides of the pocket 2 as described, and when it is desired to secure or look the opening 3 of the pocket, the member 4 is engaged and while being moved towards the member 5 the member 4 is elevated so that the overlapping portion 16 can be engaged over the bead 15 of the mem her 5, so that said bead will be introduced within the overlapping portion 16, and in this engaging or uniting position of said members 4 and 5, the levers 19 are arranged in approximate vertical positions, as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, so that the cam surfaces 21 thereof will-be in positions above the bead 15 of the member 5, and after the bead has been introduced within the overlapping portion 16, said levers 19 are forced outwardly from one another upon their pivots 20 so that the cam surface 21 of each of said levers will bear against the bead and force it into the curved seating portion 17, the downward movement of said levers being carried on b the thumb and finger of one hand of the operator. The forcing of the bead 15 into the seating portion 17 of the member 4 by the cam surface 21 of the levers 19 provides the locking of the members 1 and 5 together, thereby preventing the mouth or opening 3 of the pocket from being easily accessible to the hand of an unauthorized person.

When it is desired to provide access to the pocket, the thumb and adjacent finger of one hand of the operator are each engaged to a respective lever 19 for moving the upper end of said levers towards each other, said inward movement of the levers causing the cam or forcing surfaces 21 thereof to be released from the bead 15, so that said bead of the member 5 will be free for disengagement with the overlapping portion 16 of the member 4 and in which said members 4: and 5 can be readily separated.

What I claim is:

l. A pocket lock for a garment comprising a pair of interengaging members, and a forcing element carried by one of said members for forcing said other member into an interlocked position.

2. A means for securing the opening of a garment pocket comprising a pair of interengageablemembers, and a pair of movable elements each provided with a forcing surface for forcing one of said members against the other said member.

3. A pocket lock for a garment comprising a pair of co-operable members each of which is secured to a'res-pective side of a pocket, one of said members having an ,overlapping depending portion for overengaging said other member, and there being a turnable element carried by said member which bears the overlapping portion for forcing said other member against said overlapping portion.

i. A pocket lock for a garment comprissaid longitudinally extending seating por-' tion.

JosEPH o. BAHRQ 

